Christopher A. Riley

• Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a multiple listing service in a putative RESPA class action.
• Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a mortgage servicer in a putative FDCPA class action.
• Represented several national and regional banks in loss-share disputes and arbitration with the FDIC.
• Represented nonbank mortgage servicers in individual and class action consumer litigation.
• Represented several community banks in a variety of litigation and receivership matters arising out of promissory notes, guaranties, receiverships, mortgages, and foreclosures.
• Counsel to banks, REITs, and other clients in real estate litigation, including disputes regarding purchase and sale agreements, leases, and property maintenance and operation.
• Represented the court-appointed Examiner in the Enron Corp. bankruptcy.

Trials

• Trial counsel defending an international, privately held card-linked marketing company in a federal court bench trial. The case settled for nuisance value after the plaintiff concluded its case.
• Trial counsel on behalf of a Fortune 50 computer company in a trade secrets and unfair competition jury trial in New Orleans. The plaintiffs sought more than $5 billion in damages, and after a seven-week trial, the jury rejected the trade secrets and punitive damages claims, awarding the plaintiffs less than 0.2 percent of claimed damages.
• Trial counsel in a plaintiff’s case on behalf of an affiliate of the fifth-largest commercial bank in the U.S. in a jury trial in Atlanta asserting contract and equitable claims. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the bank on all claims, awarding the bank a seven-figure judgment, plus attorneys’ fees.
• Trial counsel in a plaintiff’s case for a medical technology company in a jury trial in a patent case in North Carolina, securing an eight-figure settlement from one defendant before the trial and receiving a winning verdict against the remaining defendants at the trial.
• Trial counsel to a multinational chemical company in a two-week state court trial regarding alleged misappropriation of trade secrets. The case settled favorably following trial.
• Trial counsel for a municipality and individual defendants in a bid-rigging federal court jury trial. Before trial, obtained appellate reversal of the trial court’s denial of individual defendants’ motions for summary judgment. The appellate court similarly reversed the adverse jury verdict and directed judgment in favor of the defendants.